Over the last six months, 86 St Ives (Huntingdonshire) businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 11 of 17 trading locations in Cambridgeshire. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 2.4% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
1,423Import declarations▲ 5.7% on the 6 months before
800Export declarations
−2.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
86Trading businesses
Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
Ranked by declaration volume and months active. Hover any bar in the 24-month indicators for that month's figures. Log in for keyword search and HMRC category filters across all 86 businesses.
★ Most active in St Ives (Huntingdonshire)Filed more customs declarations than any other St Ives (Huntingdonshire) business over the last six months — roughly 20% of the town's total import activity, mostly in animal feed.
Most active business
LINX PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES LTD
281 import declarations300 export declarationsPE27 *Ch. 23Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 35Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. printing ink), rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity281 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity300 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LASER S O S LTD
39 import declarations38 export declarationsPE27 *Ch. 25Ch. 70Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include lasers (excl. laser diodes), parts and accessories for lasers and other appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90, lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GEWISS-UK-LIMITED
70 import declarations1 export declarationsPE27 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares), luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources, n.e.s., apparatus for protecting electrical circuits for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. fuses and automatic circuit breakers).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ACUSHNET EUROPE LIMITED
247 import declarations125 export declarationsPE27 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include golf equipment (excl. balls and complete clubs), travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed (excl. headgear for animal.
▼ Expected to slow by 5.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity247 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity125 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CAMBRIDGE SENSOTEC LTD
46 import declarations44 export declarationsPE27 *Ch. 30Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include gas or smoke analysis apparatus, instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, using uv, visible or ir optical radiations (excl. spectrometers, spectrophotometers, spectrographs, and gas or smoke analysis apparatus), microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring.
▲ Expected to increase by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity46 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months
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What St Ives (Huntingdonshire) trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 86 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 VTravelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar contaGas or smoke analysis apparatusInstruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)Golf equipment (excl. balls and complete clubs)
Common questions about trade in St Ives (Huntingdonshire)
How many businesses import or export from St Ives (Huntingdonshire)?
HMRC customs records show 86 businesses in St Ives (Huntingdonshire) (PE27) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,423 import declarations and 800 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do St Ives (Huntingdonshire) businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all St Ives (Huntingdonshire) traders the leading goods are metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from St Ives (Huntingdonshire) growing?
Import activity is up 5.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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